Bedspring guard



June 9, 1931. M. GOLDBERG BEDSPRING GUARD Filed March 18. 1929 2% m a,3% fi I a w H i H a f M m 1 5 a x e #7 W f H i i w u 5 I z zm r 1. 122 5V/ fi 1 mg Patented June 9, 1931' UNITED STATES MORRIS GOLDBERG, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK BEDSPRING GUARD V v Application filed March 18, 1929.Serial No. 347,917.

This invention relates to improvements in beds and the improvements aredirected to a novel form of bed spring embodying guard members adaptedto prevent injury to mattresses or similar parts forming a bed.

Primarily the object of the present invention resides in the provisionof aguard member of the above-mentioned character, said guard member ormembers being provided with reinforcing means to prevent bending ormisshaping of the same.

Another object is to provide a guard member adapted to be positioned ateach of the longitudinal edges of a bed-spring, each member presenting asmooth exterior to pre vent injury to the bed clothing.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a webportion having an upstanding portion arranged vertically within atubular portion of the guard, in order that the latter may be reinforcedto prevent bending or distortion thereof when unusual loads are appliedto the edge of the spring or bed.

A still further object is to provide a novel form of web portionespecially fashioned to augment the reinforcing effect due to saidupstanding portion.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of means forconnecting the guard members to a bed spring already in use.

With these objects in view, together with others which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation,combination and arrangement of parts, all as will be described morefully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointedout in the claim.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bed-spring equipped with my novel guardmembers, certain portions of the usual fabric, comprising the spring,being omitted.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional perspective, the section being takentransversely of a guard member to illustrate certain corrugations andthe position of the upstanding portion of the web portion within atubular member.

Fig. 3 is a typical section taken through one of the tubular members toillustrate the longitudinal slit therein.

Fig. 4 is a view like-unto Fig. 2, but showing a modified form of webportion; and

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one end of the guards, showing the sameflattened and apertured for attachment to an adjacent frame member. I

Referring now in detail to the accompanying drawings, whereinlike'characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the severalviews, let 5 indicate the frame members of a bed-spring connected by afabric spring 6, or the. like, said spring, in some instances, beingbraced by longitudinal strips 7, said strips and spring 6 beingresiliently coupled to said frame members by means of coiled springs 8.j g i As pointed out hereinbefore, it is proposed to provide guardmembers adapted to be positioned at'opposite sides of the spring, eachof said members presenting a smooth outer surface to avoid the catchingand subsequent tearing of the bed clothes thereon, and at the same timeof sufficient strength and rigidity to prevent bending or defiectingwhenabnormal loads are sustained thereby.

To this end, said bed-spring guards 10, each include a tubular member 11and a web portion 12, the former being longitudinally slitted, asindicated at 13, into which is received the upstanding portion 14, thelatter being preferably disposed at right angles to that section of saidweb portion projecting beyond said tubular member, as indicated in Fig.2 of the drawings. It will be noted that the upper edge of saidupstanding portion 14:

contacts the inner peripheral surface of said tubular member and thatthe lower section of said upstanding portion 14 is tightly clampedwithin said slit 13. As indicated in the drawings, said upstandingportion coincides with the vertical axis of said tubular member andhence its reinforcing effect precludes the danger of collapsing of saidtubular member when an abnormal weight rests thereon. Each of saidtubular members 11 are coupled to the frame members 5 by means ofsprings 15, the outer ends of said tubular members 11 being flattened topresent vertical portions 16 and 17, each being apertured, as indicatedat 18 for the reception of springs 15.

As shown in the drawings, the exposed portion of said web portion 12 maybe apertured, as indicated at 19, (see Fig. 1), into which are receivedlinks 20 having their other ends secured in apertures 21 of said strips7 The ends of each of said web portions 12 are also apertured, as shownat 22, to receive one end 10 of springs 23 joined to said frame members5.

Since each of the tubular members 11, of the bed-spring guards 10, aresubstantially circular in cross-section, and in view of its position atthe outer longitudinal edges of 5 the spring, a smooth and unobstructedarea is presented and over which the bedding may be moved or slidwithout injury thereto.

WVhile the provision of the upstanding portion 14 within the tubularmembers 11, materially reinforces the same, I may corrugate the exposedsection of the web portion 12, as indicated at 24, (Figs. 1 and 2), inorder that additional rigidity may be imparted to the structure as awhole. In Fig. 4 the exposed section of said web portion 12 is shownuncorrugated, but in all other respects it resembles the form shown inFig. 2.

From the foregoing it is manifest I have developed a bed-springstructure embodying guard members adapted to support an abnormal loadand which atthe same time is adapted to prevent injury'to bedding.

WVhile the present is a disclosure of the preferred embodiments of theinvention, it 35 is to be understood that the same are not limitedthereto, as various changes in the minor details of construction,proportion and ar rangement of parts may be resorted to with-' outdeparting from the spirit of the inven- 4! tion as defined in theappended claim.

1 I claim;- v

A side guard member for a bed spring comprising a tubular member splitlongitudinal- 1y at its base and an angle iron presenting 4- horizontaland vertical legs, said vertical leg being clamped within'the split ofsaid tubular member and having its upper edge abutting the upperperipheral wall thereof, said horizontal leg being adapted forattachment to a bed spring. 7.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MORRIS GOLDBERG.

